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Posted: 5/21/2021 10:21:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mygreenkaw: I don't have a mini but can understand your point. I keep tossing this one in my back pocket (shorts mostly) and it works but would be a little big to go in my front pocket. I was a little surprised by the size of the Big Kephart it's not really that big in my opinion. I like the handle size on the Big Kep not sure how much smaller the mini handle is but I hope not much. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/160658/20210521_084349_jpg-1950047.JPG Can't stop taking pictures of this, family would likely think I'm crazy but they are used to this by now! Cooling off last night after some water balloon fighting with the boys. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/160658/20210520_183512_jpg-1950049.JPG I can comfortably get my XL hand on the big kep handle. On the mini kep it is more like 3-3.5 fingers, but grasping comfortably, my pinky likes to sit on the lanyard. I really like the mini as more of an EDC size. I would envision the big kep being better suited to outdoor tasks. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 10:28:23 AM EST
[Last Edit: Justabulletaway]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mygreenkaw: I normally wouldn't ask this but can you please STOP posting this knife!  It's a nice piece. I like the 3V version a good bit as well.  Factory edge 
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Posted: 5/21/2021 10:56:33 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: It's a nice piece. I like the 3V version a good bit as well. https://i.imgur.com/pK7dpEK.jpg Factory edge https://i.imgur.com/jUttXn3.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: Originally Posted By mygreenkaw: I normally wouldn't ask this but can you please STOP posting this knife! It's a nice piece. I like the 3V version a good bit as well. https://i.imgur.com/pK7dpEK.jpg Factory edge https://i.imgur.com/jUttXn3.jpg Damn that edge!! |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 11:04:36 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Star_Scream: And a bitch to clean. Yeah that too. Hellhound looks cool but it's a thicccc boi and is basically a sharpened pry bar. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 11:06:05 AM EST
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Posted: 5/21/2021 11:09:47 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: It's a nice piece. I like the 3V version a good bit as well. https://i.imgur.com/pK7dpEK.jpg Factory edge https://i.imgur.com/jUttXn3.jpg That's crazy for a factory edge! |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 11:19:31 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SurtrsFire: Yeah that too. Hellhound looks cool but it's a thicccc boi and is basically a sharpened pry bar. Let’s see that blade! |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 11:47:47 AM EST
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Posted: 5/21/2021 12:11:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WICOUNSEL: New acquisition? Yep. Every time I see one I think about how nice it looks, but the recurve had kept me from looking seriously for one. Saw this one on BF for a reasonable price so figured "why not" and went for it. The recurve is actually pretty mild so I'm going to give it a chance. As is the case more often than not, it feels really good in the hand. Excluding about 3/4" at each end of the handle, it's almost exactly the same shape as on the Hattin. 
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Posted: 5/21/2021 2:51:33 PM EST
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Cool.
I was just handling the Hattin again yesterday to take some measurements, and my immediate thought in hand was fuck yeah, this is one that isn't going anywhere. Great handle design. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 2:52:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: It's a nice piece. I like the 3V version a good bit as well. https://i.imgur.com/pK7dpEK.jpg Factory edge https://i.imgur.com/jUttXn3.jpg Still hate you. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 3:13:03 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Storz: Good morning from the mountains 🤙 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/288011/20210521_070405_jpg-1950013.JPG Very nice. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 3:13:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MrSig239: Breakfast done, 2 mile walk in and back yard mowed. Rest of the day should be just puttering around. Put the 111 back in the pocket for fiber friday. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/56211/111rocking_JPG-1950168.JPG I like the texture of the scales and the lichen |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 3:14:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: It's a nice piece. I like the 3V version a good bit as well. https://i.imgur.com/pK7dpEK.jpg Factory edge https://i.imgur.com/jUttXn3.jpg A little finesse |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 3:44:41 PM EST
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Posted: 5/21/2021 3:45:26 PM EST
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Sounds like I need to rename the Big Kep the "Mid Kep" and make a bigger version yet?
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Posted: 5/21/2021 3:53:02 PM EST
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or just "the kep"?
I wasn't hearing anyone looking for bigger per se. That could be intersting though... And to be fair, you did say how many times on the website that it wasn't really big, just bigger by comparison to the mini kep. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 3:56:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: Sounds like I need to rename the Big Kep the "Mid Kep" and make a bigger version yet? I mean, you could, for more of an outdoorsy type knife. (Maybe truer to the original that way?) I really like the size of the Big Kep as an all-arounder. Not too big, not too little. Really looking forward to the minis! Will you be doing the sheaths for pocket carry with a clip? (Please say yes.) |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:02:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_130719-1950577.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_130740-1950578.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_210722-1950579.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_210749-1950581.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210521_153616-1950582.jpg um, what's in the bag? deets on the watch? |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:08:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rbb2: I mean, you could, for more of an outdoorsy type knife. (Maybe truer to the original that way?) I really like the size of the Big Kep as an all-arounder. Not too big, not too little. Really looking forward to the minis! Will you be doing the sheaths for pocket carry with a clip? (Please say yes.) A 12" kep could be interesting. I'm liking the current big kep for being trueish to form. In his Book Of Camping And Woodcraft, Horace Kephart describes the "sheath knife" as "The blade and handle are each 4 1/2 inches long, the blade being 1 inch wide, 1/8 inch thick on the back, broad pointed and continued through the handle as a hasp and riveted to it." I really like the mini for EDC. Great pocket size, great all rounder. Very robust, yet thin enough behind the edge to do great slicing. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:14:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MrSig239: Breakfast done, 2 mile walk in and back yard mowed. Rest of the day should be just puttering around. Put the 111 back in the pocket for fiber friday. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/56211/111rocking_JPG-1950168.JPG Those scales are so nice. I don't even like CF, but Shiro got it right. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:15:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Repairman_Jack: The scales have a Van Gogh Starry Night vibe going on. Right? If I had seen that I would have bought it. But he snagged it and I am left undecided on which to grab. Nothing else will be as cool as JABA now. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:30:36 PM EST
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 this science stuff is hard |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:31:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WICOUNSEL: Right? If I had seen that I would have bought it. But he snagged it and I am left undecided on which to grab. Nothing else will be as cool as JABA now. That cool ass Warthog sat there for a while. There were several cool flamed Ti as well. These days you have to grab stuff when it comes up. Like this one...been on my list for a while. 
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:45:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WICOUNSEL: um, what's in the bag? deets on the watch? Watch is a Seiko 5 with a county comm nato band. I pretty much only wear it out in the woods since I don't keep my phone on me. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 4:47:19 PM EST
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:08:05 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Kuraki: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_130719-1950577.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_130740-1950578.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_210722-1950579.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_210749-1950581.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210521_153616-1950582.jpg Living the dream! I like the mindset that Horace kephart and George Washington Sears (nessmuk) had with their knives. Have a small knife for detal stuff, use a bigger knife for knife work, and if it needs to be bigger, use an axe or saw. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:20:22 PM EST
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:22:39 PM EST
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I like it
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:25:39 PM EST
[Last Edit: WIC]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: That's how we haul in liquor. That's leftover 4 Roses. The bags are handy because they're light and collapse down to nothing when empty. Watch is a Seiko 5 with a county comm nato band. I pretty much only wear it out in the woods since I don't keep my phone on me. Nice. I'm enjoying some Four Roses right now myself. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:29:22 PM EST
[Last Edit: WIC]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: That cool ass Warthog sat there for a while. There were several cool flamed Ti as well. These days you have to grab stuff when it comes up. Like this one...been on my list for a while. https://i.imgur.com/JJa3Noy.jpg Stitch never did anything for me. I am curious as to why the broad appeal it seems to have. Is it just because it looks wicked? I looked at the warthog. As much as I wanted S90V, looking at 3V again. I dunno. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:36:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rbb2: Yep. Every time I see one I think about how nice it looks, but the recurve had kept me from looking seriously for one. Saw this one on BF for a reasonable price so figured "why not" and went for it. The recurve is actually pretty mild so I'm going to give it a chance. As is the case more often than not, it feels really good in the hand. Excluding about 3/4" at each end of the handle, it's almost exactly the same shape as on the Hattin. https://i.imgur.com/I7ASnhYh.jpg It looks even bigger than the Hattin |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:38:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_130719-1950577.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_130740-1950578.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_210722-1950579.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210519_210749-1950581.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/125898/20210521_153616-1950582.jpg Very nice. Catch anything? |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:40:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: Sounds like I need to rename the Big Kep the "Mid Kep" and make a bigger version yet? Size queens always want bigger |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 5:58:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Star_Scream: It looks even bigger than the Hattin Pretty similar in size. Blade's almost dead on the same, handle's a bit shorter.  
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Posted: 5/21/2021 6:07:06 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rbb2: I mean, you could, for more of an outdoorsy type knife. (Maybe truer to the original that way?) I really like the size of the Big Kep as an all-arounder. Not too big, not too little. Really looking forward to the minis! Will you be doing the sheaths for pocket carry with a clip? (Please say yes.) |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 6:09:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Star_Scream: Very nice. Catch anything? |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 6:17:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: Yep. 
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Posted: 5/21/2021 6:17:54 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kuraki: We had some good fishing for frequency. I had a big walleye on once. Got it close enough to see it, at least as big as the one from my winter trip so 27" class. I must not have had the hook set because I lost him right there. But we caught enough to have fun. Shore lunch is best lunch. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 6:30:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WICOUNSEL: Stitch never did anything for me. I am curious as to why the broad appeal it seems to have. Is it just because it looks wicked? I looked at the warthog. As much as I wanted S90V, looking at 3V again. I dunno. The Stitch just looks wicked and the ergos are excellent. It also slices very well. Oh, and M390. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 7:36:26 PM EST
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elmax
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Posted: 5/21/2021 7:45:18 PM EST
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Microtech does great machining.
They seriously need to do some titanium knives. 
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Posted: 5/21/2021 7:54:44 PM EST
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Posted: 5/21/2021 8:07:30 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WICOUNSEL: A 12" kep could be interesting. I'm liking the current big kep for being trueish to form. In his Book Of Camping And Woodcraft, Horace Kephart describes the "sheath knife" as "The blade and handle are each 4 1/2 inches long, the blade being 1 inch wide, 1/8 inch thick on the back, broad pointed and continued through the handle as a hasp and riveted to it." I really like the mini for EDC. Great pocket size, great all rounder. Very robust, yet thin enough behind the edge to do great slicing. Now I know the origin of a phrase I hate. Sheath knife. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 8:07:45 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WICOUNSEL: Those scales are so nice. I don't even like CF, but Shiro got it right. Agreed |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 8:08:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryStill needs a lab coat and goggles. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 8:09:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: Microtech does great machining. They seriously need to do some titanium knives. https://i.imgur.com/tL6mYth.jpg Would love a titanium manual stitch |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 8:11:49 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Justabulletaway: That cool ass Warthog sat there for a while. There were several cool flamed Ti as well. These days you have to grab stuff when it comes up. Like this one...been on my list for a while. https://i.imgur.com/JJa3Noy.jpg Triple bonus for the paper plate and kalamata olives. The stitch just has a wicked blade shape. |
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Posted: 5/21/2021 8:13:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DFARM: Living the dream! I like the mindset that Horace kephart and George Washington Sears (nessmuk) had with their knives. Have a small knife for detal stuff, use a bigger knife for knife work, and if it needs to be bigger, use an axe or saw. Shame they didn't figure out its more fun and looks cooler to use knives for hatchet tasks |
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